Molded rubber water bottle and process of making same



' G. L. LAWRENCE, JR

MOLDED RUBBER WATER BOTTLE AND PROCESS .O MAKING SAME Filed Aug. 2.5. 1923 l 7 nven'l'ovnf Y@ 37 [f Patented July 28, 1925,

GEoRGE L. LAWRENCE, JR., or

MELROSE, MASSACHUSETTS, 'ASSIeNoR 'ro -T'YER non:

BER COMPANY, QF ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS, A'C()IIREORA'IIOISIl OF' M'ASSAOI'HU- l MOLDED RUBBER WATRBOTTLE AND PROCESS F MAKING SAME.

' applicati@ fuedaugust 2a, 1 923. serial No. 658,966.

T0 all whom, t may concern.

Be it. known thatvI, GEORGE L'. LAwizENCE,

Jr., a citizen of the United States, and resi-v dent .of Melrose, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Molded Rubber Water Bottles and Processes of Making Same, of which the following description,in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts. l l

My present invention is an improved rubber water bottle and novel method of Inaking same, wherein an integral handle is provided. Y y

In the manufacture of hot Waterbottles as at present made, .it is important anddesirable to form Seamless or molded water bottles or bags of rubber or rubber compounds.

Heretofore it has been customary to apply, at either side of the neck of such rubber articles, a mass of rubber in order to enable the user to hold the neck of the bottle while filling the same without injury'or danger from the pouring in of the hot or boiling water, It will be appreciated that the use of suc-l1 articles necessitates the filling of the same while the water isV hot or boiling, and upon holding the neck with the fingers, it rapidly becomes too heated to retain. Accordingly as illustrated by U. S. Patent No. 815,366, a mass of rubber at each Vsideiof the neck was provided to permit holding of the water bottle during the filling. This peculiar neckV construction was desirable because of the difficulty of applying a handle by which the article could be held during filling. The prior practice required the applying of separate handles, securing and affixing the same, and this involved expense, labor, and difficulty of attachment, owing to the fact that rubber cannot well be'sewed, stitched or similarly secured ina rigid and rm manner.

My present invention -obviates the difiiculties above noted, enables the production of a molded bottle or the like'with a handle formed' integrally therewith, and at the same time cheapens the process while re-v sulting in a firm strong handle which will not tear out and which will be serviceable as long as the article itself.

In making the molded water Vbottle with integral handle, I carry out my invention by l generally the completed hot my novel` process, whichconsists,briefly, in first'formingthe sides of the water bottlerof suitable material, ,makingy one vside with an extension,y frox'npwhichy thehandle is afterwards formed'. yThewater bottlejis molded into a .complete article, and thereupon theA extension for Athe handleyiscurved round into pos1t1onand secured by a'reinforcing eiiicient andy economical' process, a

a simple, Y molded water bottle with a-n integral handle,

uniting the same independent of stitching, Y and 1n a secure and strong manor the like,

ner.

Referring to the drawings illustrating the invention,

Fig. l is a y plan View of the complete molded water bottle and handle with the original handle extension shown in'dotted lines same. Y

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates water bag or bottle, made of .any suitable rubber or rubber composition, and of standard and usual type of'design. To one herein illustrated, is cut or stamped, or addedas a Separate piece, and then molded onto the side or back, an extension-2, connected with the pouring fiange portion 3 of the side.v Afterl the molding, this handle portion 2 is bent or doubled *downwardlyl to form the'curved handle 5, the extension -2 being of sufficient length to provide a handle opening and also to extend downwardly below the neck of the bottle, where it is secured by wire, la coating ofvcement, or the like, preferably together with an elastic bandl 6.

Preferably, in molding, a reinforcementis a bottom extending ear 9 is 'also formed.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary Side'view of thel side of the bag, as Y These are afterwards perforated by forming p recesses l0 and ll to facilitate in clasping the article about lthe arm, leg or the like, as

well as to suspend same when not in use.

I also preferto form a'ridge 13 on the khandle 5 as an additional safeguard against thel handle pulling free from its attachmentl with the neck, if secured by wire or the like.

vThus I have produced',vby my novel process, a complete handled molded article, with the handle formed integrally'therewith, attached and secured without separate operations incident to applying afseparately formed and attached handle, and producing an article pleasing in appearance and efficient in use, with a handlewhich Will and' should, under ordinary usage, lastyas long as the article itself Without vdanger of tearing free therefrom.

My invention is further described and defined in the form of claims as follows:

1. The improved process of making a molded .handled hot Water bottle orthe like, which consists in forming one sidey orcportion of the bottle with an integral'extension from the pouring' flange, molding the bottle, bending said extensio'nfinto handle form, and attaching'the lower portion'of the handle thusbent, into engagement With the neck portion of the bottlew '2. The improved process ofV making a moldedhandled hot Water bottle or the like,

which consists informing oneside or portion of the bottle With an integra-l extension from the pouring flange, molding the bottle, bending said extension into handle form, and attaching the lower portion. of the handle thus bent,into engagement with the neck portiony of the bottle, and retaining the same by metallic or non-metallic binding.

3. An improved molded Water bottle having, in combination, a body portion, a neck portion and a pouring flange formed 1nte.V

gral With ,the body portion, anA elongated handle formed integral With, and extending outwardly from, the 'pouringflangm and an attaching and reenforcing member for the handle portion surrounding the neck por! tion of thefdevice.v

f In Vtestimony whereof, I, have signedl my name to this specification.

esoneri LAWRENCE, gig. 1 

